MCPO Joseph Hill

Navy | Machinist Mate (Nuclear Power)

Dates of Service: no date specified

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Bio

21 year Navy nuclear Machinist Mare veteran. Served on 3 different Nimitz class aircraft carriers in support of the Gulf War, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Retired and have spent the last 10 years as a facilities and maintenance management professional in pharmaceutical and food industries. Married in 1988. Son born in 1991, daughter in 1992, retired in 2007, wife passed away 2012, remarried in 2013, 2 step daughters, happy and healthy family.

Military Experiences

Dec 2002 - Feb 2007

Division Officer

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), Aircraft Carriers, COMNAVAIRLANT, USFLTFORCOM | Naval Station Norfolk, VA

RL Division LCPO, RL Division Officer, RT Division Officer, EAOS

Jul 2000 - Dec 2002

Nuclear Repair Coordinator

NRMD SIMA Norfolk | Naval Station Norfolk, VA

Promoted to MMC September 2000. Repair coordinator for Los Angeles class attack submarines, Nimitz class aircraft carriers. 4 Dual Media Discharges, 3 as lead NRC

Jun 1996 - Jul 2000

Leading Petty Officer (LPO)

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), Aircraft Carriers, COMNAVAIRLANT, USFLTFORCOM | Newport News, VA

#1 Plant WCS, Reactor Training RL Representative, Tech Pub Library LPO, RAMPO, LPO

Jun 1993 - Jun 1996

Assistant Leading Petty Officer (LPO)

USS George Washington (CVN-73), Aircraft Carriers, COMNAVAIRPAC, COMPACFLT | Naval Station Norfolk, VA

RL Division #2 Plant WCS, Dosimetry Supervisor, RAMPO, ALPO

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Deployments

(2 years, 3 months)

Oct 2004 - Apr 2005

Mediterranean

Last deployment, deployed in support of GWOT. Good cruise. Almost 4 months consecutive on station in Gulf. 111 days continuous battle operations.

Dec 2002 - May 2003

Mediterranean

HST 2nd Deployment. Dropped some of the first ordinance of GWOT. Saw my first battle damage on airplanes in hangar bay. Long, long time underway in the Gulf on station supporting ops.

Jan 1996 - Jul 1996

Mediterranean

GW second deployment. Bombed Iraq, what's new.

May 1994 - Nov 1994

Mediterranean

GW Maiden Deployment, supported 50th anniversary observance of D Day. Best underway time I had in my career was the honor of transporting Navy D Day vets to the observance at Normandy. Greatest Generation hands down. Huge sponson fire prior to Haifa, scariest thing up to that point in my career. Bombed Iraq, what's new.